Course Description

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of computer organization and assembly language programming. Instructors guide students on the basic Instruction Set Architecture and hardware of a modern computer processor. The course explores how computer systems execute programs; the representation of characters, integers, and floating point values; and the manipulate data, working from a high level programming language down to the hardware. Topics also include the processor pipeline, memory hierarchy, and calling conventions. Programs emphasize assembly language coding standards and debugging techniques.